Press release

Brazil, Netherlands, Czech Republic top group standings in World Grand Prix

Brazil won Pool C in Sassari

Lausanne, Switzerland, August 3, 2014 – After the second week of competition, Brazil, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic surfaced to the top of the standings of the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix Intercontinental Round on Sunday.

Brazil
swept Pool C, beating China, Italy and Dominican Republic on their last match
3-0 (26-24, 25-19, 25-18), concurrently grabbing Group 1 leadership. In Pool A,
Turkey completed the week also with a clean record by beating Russia in five
sets (25-23, 29-27, 14-25, 18-25, 15-10). Serbia lost one match in Pool B but
managed to stay on top after a strong 3-1 (25-22, 26-24, 21-25, 25-9) finish
over hosts Korea.

Netherlands
got a scare against Belgium in their 3-2 encounter, but their 3-2 (15-25,
25-20, 25-19, 21-25, 15-9) win over Canada on final day brought them back on
top of Pool L. Poland emerged as winners of Pool M as their five-setter match (18-25,
25-23, 25-18, 22-25, 15-12) with Peru became the decider.

Meanwhile,
Czech Republic swept their home matches in Pool R beating their hosts last
week, Kazakhstan, in straight sets (25-15, 25-20, 25-21). Bulgaria had a tight
race in Pool S with Croatia, but the former won 3-1 (25-27, 26-24, 25-18, 19-25)
in the end.

Key
Points

·Brazil, Turkey, Serbia and
Russia are the top four teams in Group 1.

·Netherlands, Puerto Rico,
Belgium and Poland are in the top four of Group 2.

·Second week of Group 1
will be played in Sao Paulo, Brazil (Pool D), Ankara, Turkey (Pool E), and Hong
Kong, China (Pool F) from August 8 to 10.

·Third week of Group 2 will
be played in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Pool N) and Doetinchem, Netherlands (Pool
O).

·Czech Republic, Bulgaria,
Croatia and Kazakhstan advance to the Final Four of Group 3.

·Group 3 teams will take a
break before the Final Four in Samokov, Bulgaria, to be held on August 16 and
17.

·Seven five-setters were
played on August 3 – the most in the Intercontinental Round so far.

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